OpenAI quietly turned ChatGPT into VS Code with its underrated plugin extensions

dfinke · x · 2026-09-30

Developer dfinke argues OpenAI has effectively made ChatGPT into a VS Code-like platform: the official Plugin Extensions mechanism is far more capable than most realize, calling it a "sleeper hit." The linked OpenAI developer docs show plugins now span a full stack — Agents, Evals, fine-tuning, realtime audio, structured output — as ChatGPT evolves from chatbot into an extensible development workbench.

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